Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States, who served from 1981 to 1989. Kendi argues that Reagan’s administration dramatically redistributed wealth and power towards the people who were already the wealthiest and most powerful in American society. Reagan implemented the most significant wave “tough on crime” policies that painted Black and Latinx people as criminals and began disproportionately incarcerating them for drug crimes, even though they use and sell drugs at the same rate as white people.